Grand pin et terres rouges cezanne biography

Of all the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, it is surely Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) who is the most enigmatic. During the twentieth century, his paintings were claimed by almost every new modernist style, from Cubism to abstract art, as its precursor. Whole books have been devoted to trying to explain how he ‘projected’ views onto his canvases, their complexity and frequent exceptions only serving to cast doubt on that approach altogether.

In this article, I’m going to look at some of the evidence in his oil paintings as to how he made landscapes during the later part of his career when he was working in the countryside around his home in Aix-en-Provence.

Cézanne learned to paint landscapes in the north, when he worked alongside other Impressionists when they were painting in front of the motif. Among the most important influences on his Impressionist style was Camille Pissarro, who even then was known for his ability to paint en plein air very briskly.

For Cézanne, painting outdoors was protracted rather than sketchy. At first, this caused him problems when he completed different passages in a view with their shadows. This view of The House of Père Lacroix, Auvers-sur-Oise, painted in 1873, shows this well, as his shadows indicate tha

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